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Enhanced! Express Lab: Launched with a click within the Organizer, theExpress Lab provides a faster way to perform common editing tasks, enablingusers to scroll through their photos, make quick fixes, apply effects, and deletepictures that didn’t turn out. An instant preview offers a quick look at anychanges.The Express Lab has tools for the most common digital photography problems.The Express Lab gives photo enthusiasts instant access to the most frequentlyused tools and quick fixes for the most common problems, including: Straighten Tool: Users can easily straighten crooked images by simplyspecifying a line along an image feature that should be horizontal orvertical, such as the horizon or a building. Smart Photo Fix: In a single click, Smart Photo Fix analyzes an image andsuggests settings for auto-correcting brightness, shadows, highlights, andsaturation. New! Local Tone Mapping: This new tool increases the dynamic range in aphoto, drawing more detail out of image areas, such as clouds, sky, stone,and sand. New! Color Balance: Any number of factors — for example, the type oflighting used, the processing that occurs inside the camera, or whether animage was scanned — can cause incorrect coloring in photos. Using the ColorBalance Tool to cool or warm colors, photo enthusiasts can improve a photodramatically. New! Adjust Contrast/Brightness: Incorrect exposure levels can ruin anotherwise great shot. The Adjust Contrast/Brightness tool lets users salvagethose photos by quickly brightening underexposed images and darkeningoverexposed images. Makeover Tool: The Makeover Tool has five modes for improving howsubjects in a photo look. The Toothbrush mode quickly whitens discoloredteeth, the Suntan Brush mode adds color to pale, washed-out skintones, andthe Blemish Fixer mode can remove over blemishes. In addition, the Thinify Reviewer’s Guide [ 6 ]

mode helps people lose those pounds the camera sometimes adds, and theEye Drop mode takes the red out of bloodshot eyes. Clone Tool: Imperfections can be easily corrected using the Clone Tool tocopy detail from one part of a photo to another, replacing the flawed imagearea with detail from the source location. Red Eye Tool: One of the most common problems in photos is red-eye, butthe Express Lab offers an easy solution. Users can remove red-eye from theirphotos with a click. New! Sharpen Tool: With a simple click-and-drag, photo enthusiasts cansharpen pixels. New! One Step Noise Removal: “Noise” artifacts — small specks of colorthat interfere with the clarity of the image — are one of the most commonproblems in digital photography. The Express Lab offers one-step, automaticnoise removal. One-click photo rating: Digital photographers can assign ratings to theirphotos with a single click, so they can quickly find their favorites whensorting images. Other tools are also located around the perimeter of thephoto window for rotating and saving images.New! Camera RAW Lab: PaintShop Photo Pro X3 simplifies the digitalphotography workflow for those who shoot in RAW mode. The Camera RAWLab launches whenever a RAW image is opened in the Full Editor, allowing forthe adjustment of settings such as white balance, brightness, and saturationbefore processing. Then, the processed image can be opened the Full Editor orthe changes can be simply applied and saved for processing later. To acceleratethe editing process, adjustments made to a RAW image can be copied andapplied to other files in the Organizer. In addition, the Camera RAW Lab isupdated on an ongoing basis to support more RAW image formats as newcameras are released, minimizing compatibility headaches.The Camera RAW Lab is the perfect digital darkroom for working with RAW files.Reviewer’s Guide [ 7 ]

Advanced features and performanceNew! Smart Carver : Using the Smart Carver, editors can seamlessly andrealistically remove photo objects and alter the aspect ratio without distortingthe rest of the image.Smart Carver lets you remove objects and change the aspect ratio.Give it a tryTo remove an image area and change the aspect ratio1 In the Organizer, select a photo, and click Full Editor.2 Click Image menu Smart Carver.3 Click the Remove toolwant to remove., and select the areas of the image you4 Click one of the following buttons in the Smart Carving area: — automatically contracts horizontally, removing thehighlighted image area — automatically contracts vertically, removing thehighlighted image area5 Click OK.Enhanced! Application performance: In recent years, the size of imagesbeing created by digital cameras has grown significantly, making it critical forphoto-editing software performance to increase, too. PaintShop Photo Pro X3has been optimized for increased performance on PCs with multi-coreprocessing, ensuring a fast, efficient working environment. Two-pass processingprovides a faster preview of image adjustments, speeding up photo-editing.Many legacy features have also been refined to offer enhanced speed andperformance.Reviewer’s Guide [ 8 ]

Enhanced! RAW format support: With improved camera RAW support,users who shoot in RAW formats can choose from an expanded list of over 350supported cameras. The list of supported formats is reviewed and updatedregularly as new cameras are released.16-bit support: Digital photography enthusiasts who shoot in a RAW formatcan open their photos at 16-bits per channel, so they can edit their photos withthe full range of tonal detail in their pictures.New! Object Extractor: This new tool makes it faster to precisely mask fineimage details that are otherwise difficult to preserve. The Object Extractor isideal for copying elements in one photo to another background — evenchallenging cases such as fly-away hair, wisps of smoke, tree branches.The Object Extractor is the ideal tool for removingpart of an image and adding it to another.Give it a tryTo extract an image background1 In the Organizer, select a photo, and click Full Editor.2 Click Image menu Object Extractor.3 Click the Brush toolwant to keep.4 Click the Fill toolextract.5 Click Process.6 Click OK.Reviewer’s Guide [ 9 ], and trace edge of the image area you, to identify the image area you want to

New! On-image text editing: The PaintShop Photo Pro text engine hasbeen updated, making it easier, faster, and more natural to apply text to animage. Text attributes, such as font, color, placement, position, size and more,can be easily adjusted. Existing text can be reselected, so users can edit it orcontinue typing. In addition, text can be applied to a path.New! Color vibrancy: The Vibrancy control makes it possible to boostsaturation in poorly saturated parts of an image, while well-saturated pixels areadjusted less, so no colors become unrealistically bright.You can improve under-saturated areas without affecting other parts of the image.Give it a tryTo adjust color vibrancy1 In the Organizer, select a photo, and click Advanced.2 Click Adjust menu Hue and Saturation Vibrancy.3 Adjust the Strength slider.4 As you move the slider, a preview of the changes appear in thepreview window5 Click OK.New! HD video: Acknowledging the broadening availability of HD videocapabilities on DSLRs, PaintShop Photo Pro X3 lets enthusiasts use that video inslide shows along with photos.Reviewer’s Guide [ 10 ]

Enhanced! Depth of Field effect: The Depth of Field effect drawsattention to specific image areas by subtly blurring the rest of the photo. Thisreplicates the look of limited depth of field, an effect that usually requiresprecise manual lens aperture adjustments. Photo enthusiasts can also drawattention to several areas of an image in ways that aren’t possible inconventional photography. For example, users can keep objects in both theforeground and background in focus, while blurring the rest of the image. Nowusers can simply select the image areas to keep in focus directly on the photoand easily fine-tune settings to get just the right effect.The Depth of Field effect focuses attention on a specific image area.Reviewer’s Guide [ 11 ]

Project creation and sharingNew! Project Creator: The Project Creator is a one-stop spot for creating,editing, and sharing projects. Users can produce photo books, collages, cards,calendars, and slideshows in a few clicks and then share their work to YouTube,Facebook, or Flickr. Projects can also be saved as a PDF, JPEG, or Microsoft Silverlight animated files. In addition, photo enthusiasts can back up digitalassets and order professional prints online from within the Project Creator.The Project Creator accelerates creating and sharing projects.Here are some the of projects and sharing options that users can start from theProject Creator: Professional-looking photo books: Photo books are the perfect way toshowcase a collection of favorites, especially if they’re professionally printedand bound. Uploading photos to an online printing service, however, can betime-consuming. In PaintShop Photo Pro X3, users simply choose a photobook style and select photos to create an eye-catching photo book. Then,they can order a professionally printed book in a couple of clicks. (Note:Online printing services are available in select countries only and subject toadditional charges.)PaintShop Photo Pro X3 simplifies creating great-looking photo books.Reviewer’s Guide [ 12 ]

Slide shows: PaintShop Photo Pro X3 takes slide shows to the next level byoffering the ability to include HD video clips along with photos. Slide showscan be personalized with soundtrack music or a variety of slide transitions.When it comes time to share a finished slide show, it can be saved to a videofile, or uploaded to YouTube, Facebook, or Flickr.The Project Creator has a variety of slide show options. Easy uploading: Photos, videos, and slideshows can be shared by uploadingto media-sharing sites, including Facebook, Flickr, or YouTube — all fromwithin PaintShop Photo Pro X3. Online print ordering: PaintShop Photo Pro X3 simplifies online orderingof professionally printed photo books, calendars, greeting cards, andcollages. (Note: Online printing services are available in select countries onlyand subject to additional charges.) Flexible emailing: The most popular way to share photos is by email.PaintShop Photo Pro X3 enables users to embed or attach photos and has filesize options that ensure workable email sizes. Embedding allows recipientsto see photos without having to deal with attachments.The Project Creator takes the guesswork out of emailing images and projects.Reviewer’s Guide [ 13 ]

4Corel KPT CollectionThe Corel KPT Collection provides 24 must-have filters from the powerful Kai'sPower Tools plug-in series to give enthusiast and professional photographersand designers an unprecedented set of creative tools.Arguably the most creative collection of plug-in filters available, KPT Collectionfits right into any image-editing workflow, greatly extending the capabilities ofCorel PaintShop Photo Pro X3. From realistic to artistic to surprising, it offers arange of image transformations and effects, so photo enthusiasts can createimpressive effects that would ordinarily be impossible or too time-consuming tocreate from scratch.Here are some a few KPT filters that create remarkable image transformationsand original effects in no time at all: KPT Fluid — Treat an entire image as a fluid tocreate and animate a variety of distortions,including controlling the thickness of the liquid andthe size and speed of the brush stroke. KPT FraxFlame II — Create a limitless array ofstunning fractal flames, including ethereal effectslike crystal clouds. A powerful rendering engineand intuitive navigational control give usersmaximum creative flexibility. KPT Gel — Use realistic 3D paint tools tosynthesize photo-realistic materials, and applylighting, reflection, refraction and transparency.Reviewer’s Guide [ 14 ]

KPT Goo — Smear, smudge, twirl, pinch or“finger-paint” an image to produce stunning liquiddistortion effects or short animations. KPT Ink Dropper — Create the effect of a liquiddropped on a piece of glass. Users can also adddrops of ink to surfaces to create anything fromwater spots or stains, to smoky swirls. KPT Lightning — Create and customize realisticlightning effects by controlling every aspect of thebolt and path, including its color, the number offorks, and attractor and generator points. KPT Materializer — Create dynamic surfacetextures using bump maps and advanced controls,or “bend” an image over the contours of a surfacetexture. KPT Scatter — Create complex patterns andtextures by importing particles and scattering themover an image. Users can control how the particlesfall — in a grid, in spirals or at random — customizetheir density, size and opacity, and change the hue,luminance and saturation of their color. KPT ShapeShifter — Create limitless shapes andobjects with refracting glass edges, 3D light sourceson beveled metallic surfaces, curved and lit webbuttons, UI gadgets and text.Corel KPT Collection also includes:KPT Blurrr KPT FraxPlorer KPT Projector KPT Channel Surfing KPT Gradient Lab KPT Pyramid Paint KPT Equalizer KPT Hyper Tiling KPT RadWrap KPT FiberOptix KPT LensFlare KPT Reaction KPT Frax4D KPT Noize KPT Turbulence Reviewer’s Guide [ 15 ]

5Corel Painter Essentials 4With its streamlined interface, intuitive workflow, and range of creative options,Corel Painter Essentials 4 is the ideal way to get started with digital art. Thissimple-to-use home art studio is based on the world’s most powerful paintingand illustration software — Corel Painter . Whether photo enthusiasts aresketching and painting on a blank canvas, or transforming photos intopaintings, Corel Painter Essentials 4 provides everything needed to createstunning artwork. Corel Painter Essentials 4 is a perfect complement to CorelPaintShop Photo Pro X3.Corel Painter Essentials 4 has two tabbed workspaces: Drawing & Painting forcreating original artwork from scratch and Photo Painting for turning imagesinto digital art.Turn images into digital art: The Photo Painting workspace has three palettesthat make it simple to turn a photo into a painting. All brushes within the PhotoPainting workspace act as cloners and take their color from the source image. The Source Image palette lets users choose a clone source, and includescontrols to adjust the opacity of tracing paper and to toggle tracing paperon and off. In addition, the source image is saved with the painting,meaning that users don’t have to keep a separate photo open. On the Auto-Painting palette, users can simply select a preset and let CorelPainter Essentials 4 do the work, or choose their own auto-painting settingsfor more control.The Auto-Painting palette includes Smart Stroke technology, which provides more intelligent brush behavior during the autopainting process. The Restore Detail palette helps users put the final touches on a photopainting by providing brushes for restoring some detail from the originalphoto, such as features in a subject’s face.Reviewer’s Guide [ 16 ]

Give it a tryTo use the Photo Painting system1 Choose File menu Open, choose an image from the Select Imagedialog box, and click Open.2 Click the Photo Paintingworkspace tab.3 On the Source Image palette, click Use Open Image.This step creates a new document that is linked to the source image.The source image appears as a layer in the Layers palette.4 At the top of the Auto-Painting palette, choose a preset from theAuto-Painting Style pop-up menu.5 Click Start.To fine-tune your results, choose another Auto-Painting Style, oradjust any of the following settings: Smart Blur, Edge, Color, Paper,Brush.The Photo Painting workspace includes all the tools users need to paint photos.Create a painting from scratch: Like a fully stocked art store, Corel PainterEssentials 4 supplies you with many different art tools, such as brushes, pens,pencils, chalk, airbrushes, and palette knives. And each tool has modifiablecharacteristics, so an infinite variety of artwork is possible. In the Drawing &Painting workspace, users can access relevant tools, such as the Colors, ColorWheel, and Layers palettes. An intuitive toolbox makes it easy to identify andselect brushes, media, and paper, so the interface never gets in the way ofcreativity.Reviewer’s Guide [ 17 ]

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photo-editing software with photo painting and creative plug-in photo filters that broaden the capabilities of any photographer. PaintShop Photo Pro X3 Ultimate is based on the recently updated PaintShop Photo Pro X3.2, which delivers enhanced stability and performance,